#5BD6EA#5BD6EA

#5BD6EA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.563; OKLCH L 81.5% C 0.112 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#5BD6EA
RGB	rgb(91, 214, 234)
HSL	hsl(188, 77%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(188, 61%, 92%)
CMYK	cmyk(61.1%, 8.5%, 0%, 8.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(79.76, -28.30, -20.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(79.76, 34.69, 215.34°)
OKLab	oklab(81.45% -0.0969 -0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(81.45% 0.112 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(43.2061, 56.2533, 86.4069)
Luminance	0.5626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#5BD6EA #EA6F5B

analogous

#5BEAB6 #5BD6EA #5B8EEA

triadic

#5BD6EA #EA5BD6 #D6EA5B

tetradic

#5BD6EA #B65BEA #EA6F5B #8EEA5B

square

#5BD6EA #B65BEA #EA6F5B #8EEA5B

split-complementary

#5BD6EA #EA5B8E #EAB65B

monochromatic

#179EB4 #25C8E3 #5BD6EA #91E4F1 #C8F1F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.71

#5BD6EA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.25

#5BD6EA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #5BD6EA

12.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##5BD6EA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##5BD6EA	1.00	1.71	12.25	12.25
#FFFFFF	1.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5CFEB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFBFEA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00DFDC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C6C6C6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #5bd6ea;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(91, 214, 234);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(81.5% 0.112 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#97e3f0',
    500: '#5bd6ea',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #5bd6ea;
$custom-light: #97e3f0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#5bd6ea",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 91,
    "g": 214,
    "b": 234
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.392,
    "s": 77.297,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.81451,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.56258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#5BD6EA

secondary

#B44736

accent

#290CDA

background

#FCFEFF

surface

#F5FCFE

border

#CFD5D6

text

#0F1516

muted

#808485

Preview Lab

Preview with #5BD6EA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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